William Barney

Advisor and Non-Executive Director Asia at EdgeConneX
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Experience

    • United States
    • Telecommunications
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Advisor and Non-Executive Director Asia
      • Apr 2023 - Present

      United States

    • United States
    • Telecommunications
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Advisor
      • Mar 2023 - Present

      San Francisco Bay Area

    • United States
    • Telecommunications
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Chairman
      • Jan 2023 - Present

      Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

    • Governor
      • Feb 2005 - Present

      Honolulu

    • Kenya
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Non Executive Director
      • Jan 2023 - Present

      Nairobi County, Kenya

    • Chairman and Managing Partner
      • Jun 2012 - Present

      Hong Kong

    • India
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Board Member
      • Jun 2020 - Present

      Greater Hyderabad Area

    • Board Member
      • Sep 2020 - Jan 2023

      Guam

    • Founder and Chief Executive Officer
      • Mar 2021 - 2023

      Hong Kong SAR

    • Chairman and Board Member
      • Mar 2010 - Sep 2021

      Hong Kong Nonprofit little league baseball club based in Hong Kong. 245 players in the club and reigning 2019 Hong Kong Little League Champions

    • United Kingdom
    • Telecommunications
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Chairman and CEO
      • Jan 2014 - Mar 2020

      Hong Kong

    • Group CEO
      • Dec 2015 - Aug 2019

      Navi Mumbai

    • India
    • Telecommunications
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Chief Executive Officer
      • Oct 2015 - Aug 2019

      Mumbai Area, India

    • United States
    • Telecommunications
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Non Executive Board Member
      • 2013 - 2014

      Hong Kong

    • Hong Kong
    • Telecommunications
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • CEO and Board Member
      • 2007 - 2012

      Hong Kong In 2007, Bill led the company's successful acquisition of regional ISP, Pacific Internet, which operationally merged with Asia Netcom and relaunched as Pacnet in January 2008. Under Bill’s leadership, the company was named “Company of the Year for Excellence in Growth” by Frost & Sullivan in 2009, as well as "Best Wholesale Carrier" in 2007, 2009 & 2012 by Telecom Asia. The company also moved from “challenger” to “leader” in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant.

    • CEO and Chairman of the Board
      • 2006 - 2007

      Singapore

    • United Kingdom
    • Telecommunications
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • CEO and Board Member
      • 2002 - 2007

      Hong Kong As China’s first foreign CEO of a state owned telco, Bill presided over the transformation of one of Asia's first Chapter 11 casualties (Asia Global Crossing), into one of the region's leading providers of IP and WAN services. During the transition Asia Netcom won the International Engineering Consortium's prestigious InfoVision Award in 2006 & 2007 as well as “Data Communications Service Provider of the Year” awards by Frost & Sullivan in 2005 & 2006.

    • Telecommunications
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Board Member
      • 2002 - 2003

      Hong Kong

    • Japan
    • International Trade and Development
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Board Member
      • 2002 - 2003

      Tokyo, Japan

    • India
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Board Member
      • 2002 - 2002

      Hong Kong

    • United States
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • President and CEO Asia Pacific
      • 1999 - 2002

      Hong Kong Bill served as CEO of Asia Pacific at MCI WorldCom where he managed the industry’s fastest growing regional company through an industry leading three-digit growth phase.

    • France
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • President, South Asia and the Middle East
      • 1997 - 1999

      Hong Kong

    • Managing Director Corporate Development
      • 1995 - 1997

      Reston, Virginia, United States

    • United States
    • Telecommunications
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Managing Director International Settlements
      • 1993 - 1995

      Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States

    • United States
    • Telecommunications
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Sales Director
      • 1988 - 1991

      Manhattan, New York, United States

Education

  • University of Virginia Darden School of Business
    Executive Education, Mergers and Acquistions
    1995 - 1995
  • Columbia Business School
    Master of Business Administration (MBA), Finance, General
    1991 - 1993
  • Wesleyan University
    Bachelor's degree (Graduated with Honors), Classical, Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies and Archaeology
    1984 - 1988
  • Duke University
    Classical, Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies and Archaeology
    1987 -

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